This was my first time rafting, I was nervous because I get sea sick but had no issues. The water was cold, but the wetsuit did it's job. Very picturesque with ruins throughout the hillsides. The time of year we were there (early Oct) there wasn't a lot of current and it was very casual rafting, although we did get... More

The rafting experience itself is quite enjoyable, but I've been living in Ollantaytambo for the past year and recently begun renting a house on the river. A little investigation into the plumbing system in my house revealed that my toilet dumps all its waste directly into the Patacancha river, which itself feeds directly into the Urubamba river. Not only that,... More

I was a pretty nervous but it was definitely thrilling! I don't have much experience with river rafting. The guides seem to know what they were doing. We did a three day trip. I ended up with giardia that I think I got from the swallowing too much river water, but it could have been from a different Peru trip,... More

We (two adults and three children aged 10,11 and 14) went for a day's rafting on the Urubamba river with Amazonas Explorer (www.amazonas-explorer.com) a Cusco based company. We had a really exciting day out which ended with a picnic at the riverside. We thought that the safety briefings were really careful, clear and thorough and we felt very safe (important... More